PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
National Aeronautical & Space Administration (NASA) Pasadena, CA
Engineer, Flight System Avionics at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Apr. 2007 – Present
* Oversee software projects in their complete life cycle; from conceptual phase and architecture development to final testing and launch.
* Led flight software effort for TRaiNED project; a 2-year long mission to develop and launch a $2.1 million sounding rocket mission for collecting machine vision science data. Mission success enabled technology for 1000% more precise spacecraft landing on Mars. Tech. is now being used in a $1 billion NASA flagship mission for Mars in 2020. Won a “NASA New Technology Reward Award” in 2010 for my flight software in this project.
* Developed software and hardware for Stereo Vision on FPGA, hardware implementation now used in multiple machine vision projects at JPL such as unmanned helicopters and trucks.
* Developed software for wireless avionics technology research; received “NASA New Technology Reward Award” in 2009 for developing unique new ideas and software in wireless avionics
* Lead software engineer on SMAP project ground test equipment team; team won award for on-time and on-budget delivery of hardware/software to test flight equipment and design.
* Developed fault tolerant flight software for a CALTECH/USGS/JPL effort to build an earthquake early warning system for the state of California, successfully ported early warning algorithms to Linux for 200% faster processing.
Sahifa, iPhone App Pasadena, CA
Chief Mobile Architect Mar. 2011-Sep 2011
* Conceived of and proposed an iPhone app to display spiritual content from a popular website; app now used by hundreds of iPhone users.
Carnegie Mellon University, Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Dept. Pittsburgh, PA
Lab Designer/Head Teaching Assistant Sep. 2006 – Aug.2007
* Created and designed a 10 lab course for undergraduate ECE students; evaluated and graded student labs for creativity, technological sophistication, and other factors defined by syllabus.
* Managed other Teaching Assistants and guided them in developing lab guide and student lab activities.
Research Assistant (RA) Mar. 2005 – Aug. 2006
* Worked in collaboration with graduate student and professor on project...
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